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It takes two: Reciprocal scion-rootstock relationships enable salt tolerance in 'Hass' avocado.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Nov 2021
Lazare Silit, Yasuor Hagai, Yermiyahu Uri, Kuhalskaya Anastasiya, Brotman Yariv, Ben-Gal Alon, Dag Arnon
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Commercial avocado orchards typically consist of composite trees. Avocado is salt-sensitive, suffering from substantial growth and production depreciation when exposed to high sodium and chloride levels. Salt ions penetrate the roots and are subsequently transferred to the foliage. Hence, understanding distinct physiological responses of grafted avocado plant organs to salinity is of great interest. We compared...
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